Combined bottle shipping and display device



A ril 25, 1950 G. CHILTON 2,505,399

' I COMBINED BOTTLE SHIPPiNG AND DISPLAY DEVICE v Filed Feb. 24, 1948 2 S h ee ts-Sheet 1 G. C. HILTON COMBINED BOTTLE- SHIPPING AND DISPLAY DEVICE A ril 25, 1950 Filed Feb. 24, 1948 0 W H l c m r 6, w 74/7. w 6 a D a a 1 6 fl/ 5 W D Z 00 v a" 1% k V no v Jo aw i w 6 m mamwfi V fi 5 2 v 5 5 Z 2 w u llmmmm mmmm l l x Patented Apr. 25, 1950 UNITED 'Grover o; fiiiten, Hutchinson, Kane. Application February 24, 1948, Serial No. 10,546

' 2 Claims. (Cl. 266 45. 14)

The invention has relation to improvements in means .for packaging andldisplayingarticles of merchandise, primarily bottles containing fiuid cement or similar substances, and has relation in particular to improvements over the invention disclosed in my earlier applicationior a patent forms, similar device; Serial No; 594,678, filed May 19, 1945, now abandoned.

.One object of my invention is to provide a one piece and more. simplified{construction in] which two advertising panels. for the articles a when placed on display. arelreadily' usable to afford protection for said articles during shipment.-

Another objectistoprovide a simplified means of temporarily fastening and holding the two above mentioned panels together while thearticles are on display.

A further object is to provide in a device of this character a more-.efiectiveand secure holding means for the articles to be displayed.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a side elevation partly broken away andin section showing the device conditioned for shipment.

Fig. 2 is a top plan viewpartly broken away and in section.

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectiononline 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation partly broken away and in section showing the device conditioned for displaying the articlesfor sale. A

Fig.. 5 isaperspective viewshowing one oi the fastening means for holding the advertising panels together.

Fig. 6 is a section through the fastening means taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 4.

Fig. '7 is an elevation showing the one-piece blank used in constructing the device.

The device of the present invention differs from that of my previous one above identified, in that it may be stamped from a single substantially rectangular blank of cardboard or the like, thereby using less material and being cheaper to manufacture, it has more effective means for gripping and holding the necks of the bottles, and the construction is such that it is more easily set up in a display condition.

In the drawings above briefly described, the numeral 8 designates a horizontal rectangular base. Two lower inclined wall sections 9 are integral with the longitudinal edges of the base 8 and converge upward therefrom. Two lower vertical wall sections Ill are integral with the upper edges of the sections 9 and project upward therefrom. Openings l l are formed in the inclined wall sections 9 to receive the lower ends of bottles or the like l2.

2 "rhe openings "II are fanned by cutting ushaped slits Ila; the blank as shown in Fig. '7, thereby" forming legs Hid adapted to serve as subpd'rts forthe upper portion of the device. These supporting legs 19a ektend vertically downward from the-wall section's It! in the set-up device as shown iii Fig.- 95, their lbiiier end resting oil the bottom or base'fi. 'As hown iii Fig.7 said legs 16a ar cutoff square but, depending "upon the size ofithe bottle, more or less or mine or the material at the free ends crthse legs 19d win be removed.

"Two o twardly henianta'uy rejeeung flanges, 13. are si ence at are top of said lower vertical wan sections In and two ippr vertical and centrally disposed wail seduces m are pm v'idd' risin rrcm-said flangs. Said flanges R3 are each formed byfolding' port ons of the blank to provide alower thicknes "15a. and an upper thickness I55, said lower thicknesses 5d having their inner edges integral said vertical wall secti ns l9. ""d and upper thicknesses 15b hav- 'ifig i ner edges integral with said vertical wads-set [4; as shown in'Fig. 3'.

Notched [6' are formed said flanges I3 to receive the necks or upper parts of said bottles or thelike. The notches open thrcugh the coniiectedoiiteif edgesior the; names [sand the open ends of said notches are 6'frediiced width. The notches thusfl srovide the "flanges" with yieldable clipfffdfmi'iig portions necessitating that the Home necks be fdrce'd' or snapped into said notches, with the result that said necks will be readily held against accidental removal.

Two panels I! project vertically from the top of said wall sections l4, each of said panels having two foldable sections [8 and [9. The outer sections l9 have substantially straight outer edges with beveled or rounded corners.

Tongues 20 are provided in one of two upper corners of each of the two panels H and a slit 2| is provided in the other upper corner of each panel in such a way as to provide a slit opposite or adjacent to each of the two tongues to receive said tongues when the panels I! are in a Vertical position.

In packaging the bottles and their holding means for shipment, the panels I! are folded outward and downward with section It projecting outwardly and resting on the tops of bottles I2 and section I9 projecting downwardly and resting against the sides of bottles l2, thus providing protection for the said bottles during shipment. The device and its contents may then be slipped into a suitable carton and hence easily packaged.

When the bottles and their holdin means reach the merchant, he folds sections I8 and I9 back into a vertical position, forming vertical panel I7. Tongues 2|] are then folded over and inserted in slits 2| to temporarily hold the panels 11 together and in a vertical position, thus displaying any sign or advertising matter printed on one or both outer faces of the panels.

A preferred means for fastening together the various sections of the device is illustrated in Fig. 4, showing walls sections I fastened together by means of ordinary staples 22, wall section l4 fastened together by staples 23, and the upper and lower portions of flanges l3 fastened together by staples 24.

The longitudinal lines 25 as shown in Fig. '7 show the point at which the blank is folded to form the set-up device.

By constructing the device from a single sheet blank considerable simplicity has been attained which has resulted in requiring less material and a saving in the expense of manufacture. The use of double thickness flanges to support the necks of the bottles has been found to be far stronger and more suitable over the previous construction. In addition, the use of the tongue and slit method to fasten the upper end portions of the panels together requires an absolute minimum of labor to set the device up for display purposes. Further, the arrangement of the tongue and slit detachable fastening means at the upper corners of the panel, has the advantage of leaving the upper edge of the two portions of the panel unattached so that a number of advertising or instruction sheets may be held between the portions with parts of the sheets projecting'above the upper edge of the panel. One of such sheets may be readily pulled out by each purchaser of one of the bottles or by a prospective purchaser.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that novel and advantageous provision has been made for carrying out the objects of the invention, and while preferences have been disclosed, variations may, of course, be made within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. A combined shipping and display device for bottles or the like made from a single sheet blank and comprisinga base, two inclined lower wall sections integrahwith the longitudinal edges of said base and converging upward, said inclined at the top of said lower vertical wall sections, two

upper vertical wall sections rising from said horizontal flanges, said flange being formed by folding portions of the blank to form lower thicknesses integral with said lower vertical wall sections and upper thicknesses integral with said upper vertical wall sections, said double-thicknesses of each flange being in contact and being formed in their folded edges with notches having reduced gripping portions through which the neck portions of the bottles may be snapped, two foldable panels integral with and projecting vertically from the upper edges of said upper vertical wall sections, said panels being foldable outwardly and downwardly to cover both the tops and the upper body portions of the bottles for protecting the same during shipment, means uniting the two thicknesses of said flanges, means uniting the two upper vertical Wall sections, and .means at the upper corners of the two panels for detachably uniting them when disposed vertically, said detachable means leaving the intermediate upper edges of the panels unattached between said detachable fastening means.

2. A structure as specified in claim 1, said detachable uniting means at each of the upper corners of the panels comprising a bendable tongue projecting from a corner of one panel to enter a slit in the adjacent corner of the outer panel.

GROVER C. HILTON.

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